About ISGC
Educational Policy: Connect Globally, Learn Locally, and Encourage Globally
Host: Chulalongkong UniversityCo-Host: Thammasat UniversityDate: Monday, July 25 to Thursday, 28Venue: Chulalongkong University and Thammasat University Rangsit CampusFor Detail: Visit Here
Date: Monday, August 22 to Thursday, 26Venue: Japan National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College
Host: Japan National Institute of Technology, Asahikawa College
Co-Host: Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming (JASAG)
Primary Sponsor: Foundation for the Fusion of Science and Technology (FOST)
Sponsor : HIDERA (Hokkaido Innovative Design Enterprise Research Association)
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ISAGA(International Simulation and Gaming Association) is the academic society established in 1969 to research the principle and practice of simulation and gaming in various backgrounds. ISAGA also concerns about spreading its culture to the world. Based on such perspective, ISAGA has been hosting ISAGA Summer School (ISS) for recent decades to support new simulation and gaming developers.
When Covid-19 pandemic prevail worldwide fear and separation, ISS2020 was ready to host by JASAG on August 2020. However, it become impossible to manage by traditional style. ISS 2020 was postponed to 2021. But in the spring of 2021, delta wave was in it peak, therefore we started to build a new model; Local SAGA hosts a small group session in each country. Only on Opening session and Reviewing Session, they connect together via online. The Participants who wish to create a new game join and discuss, and make a new game within three days. The reviewer panel (Scientific Committee Member) play the participants' game with the facilitation by the authors themselves via the internet. By Comparing the overall factors that reviewer panel found, they rank the game. If the game is worth awarding, they recommend the award to ISAGA community. ISAGA respects the opinions and provide awards under the name of the chair. Such idea was realized in August 2021, as ISS 2021. Three teams from New Zealand, Japan, and Sweden participated. Japan and Sweden proceed to the final match, and they were awarded at ISAGA2021.
In 2022, Covid-19 pandemic condition is getting better. ISS 2022 in traditional style has resumed in Germany. Since the 2021 Style is on the way of evaluation, ISAGA decided to continue the event under the different brand: ISAGA Simulation Gaming Competition(ISGC).
ISGC is the rare opportunity to learn a game provided by ISAGA. Participants form groups and build their game that reflects their interests, with support of top-class professionals of simulation gaming whose skills are ensured at the ISAGA community. Anyone who wishes to have his/her only game is welcome. We especially welcome young faculty members, researchers, Ph.D. students to enrich your future good teaching.
We planned to host ISS 2020 in 2019. However, Covid-19 made the world upside down. ISAGA was not an exception. ISAGA2020 in India has been canceled. ISSS2020 had no other choice other than postpone. We waited, based on our belief that pandemic terminates some day. But situation didn't get better even in 2021. While Vaccine is spreading at amazing pace, Variants are prevailing with amazing speed as well. There is no accurate answer whether world can beat out Covid-19.
Gaming is a great learning opportunity to recognize, learn, and encourage students. We have to maintain global stages to discuss Game development, but the method must be reconsidered to satisfy new requirement from the society. To cover this problem, we started discuss with ISAGA executive members how to deal ISS in Covid-19 age.
Before Corona era, ISS invited famous developer from overseas to conduct students. Since this way of operation takes time and traveling cost, we had to ask teachers to stay at the venue for a long time. It was also for a local host from perspective of budget. But in Covid-19 days, people's ICT literacy has grown up rapidly. Most physical conferences are already replaced by Internet like Zoom, Teams, and so on. Saying in different way, we got new tool to invite world class game developers at anytime, with less cost. It is the opportunity to unite worldwide wisdoms by utilizing latest ICT to proceed Gaming culture.
Despite we appreciate ICT's power, it is obvious to argue that we can replace every process of Gaming by digital method. Learning by Games is human's activity that reflects learner's emotions. Under the Covid-19, we cannot gather too much people, but "one group to make one game" is still available. We don't have to ask participants to travel abroad, we can set convenient place to make a new game. We assign instructor for one venue. He/she can speak their mother tongue, no need to force students to use English. They can keep their local time as well. This idea let students participate without afraid, contributes to open Gaming door wider.
Two to three bases are connected via the Internet. They share some important stories provided by the expert. To stimulate their creative motivation, we set the Game Development Competition at the end of the session. ISAGA's game developers join review, comment, and judge. After ISGC finished, the local coordinator and student's team can continue works to improve their game. By doing such trials, we can prevail gaming culture in world-wide level.
The internet is the great invention that supported our life in the Covid-19 Pandemic. However, The organizers don't consider that the internet is the magical stick. In Human's activity, some work is possible to be replaced by the internet, but some work is not. We set the functions of ISAGA's teaching duty into some parts.
1) Gaming Development: Face-to Face is better than the internet. Collaborative work in the same venue is more effective than the internet only communication.
2) Gaming Competition: The internet is useful. A baby game contains lots of mistakes. Participants must concentrate their games, no time to understand other game's rule , nor to play.
3) Gaming Review: Playing the new game accompanies many difficulties. Reviewers shall gather in the same value, help and consult together, that is necessary.
Gaming is a great learning opportunity to recognize, learn, and encourage students. We have to maintain global stages to discuss Game development, but the method must be reconsidered to satisfy new requirement from the society. To cover this problem, we started discuss with ISAGA executive members how to deal ISS in Covid-19 age.
Before Corona era, ISS invited famous developer from overseas to conduct students. Since this way of operation takes time and traveling cost, we had to ask teachers to stay at the venue for a long time. It was also for a local host from perspective of budget. But in Covid-19 days, people's ICT literacy has grown up rapidly. Most physical conferences are already replaced by Internet like Zoom, Teams, and so on. Saying in different way, we got new tool to invite world class game developers at anytime, with less cost. It is the opportunity to unite worldwide wisdoms by utilizing latest ICT to proceed Gaming culture.
Despite we appreciate ICT's power, it is obvious to argue that we can replace every process of Gaming by digital method. Learning by Games is human's activity that reflects learner's emotions. Under the Covid-19, we cannot gather too much people, but "one group to make one game" is still available. We don't have to ask participants to travel abroad, we can set convenient place to make a new game. We assign instructor for one venue. He/she can speak their mother tongue, no need to force students to use English. They can keep their local time as well. This idea let students participate without afraid, contributes to open Gaming door wider.
Two to three bases are connected via the Internet. They share some important stories provided by the expert. To stimulate their creative motivation, we set the Game Development Competition at the end of the session. ISAGA's game developers join review, comment, and judge. After ISGC finished, the local coordinator and student's team can continue works to improve their game. By doing such trials, we can prevail gaming culture in world-wide level.
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